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A49
sports
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 www.guardian.co.tt Guardian
Jacques Kallis will be
forced to make a firm deci-
sion on his ODI future when
he meets with Russell
Domingo "soon." The
national head coach wants
South Africa s veteran all-
rounder to commit to playing
"some ODI cricket" before
the 2015 World Cup if he still
harbours hopes of competing
in that tournament.
Kallis has not played an
ODI for South Africa in almost
18 months after Gary Kirsten
deemed it "no longer neces-
sary" for him to play in bilat-
eral series because he was too
important to South Africa s
Test ambitions. Kirsten left
the door open for Kallis to
make a return in major events
but Domingo has indicated he
will not follow suit.
"If Jacques wants to play
in the 2015 World Cup, he will
have to play some ODI cricket
for us along the way," Domin-
go said. "It will not be fair on
other players if it doesn t hap-
pen that way."
Kirsten s rationale was that
Kallis 17-year international
career had earned him the
right to pick and choose when
he wanted to play but it was
an approach which backfired.
Kallis was recalled to the
Twenty20 squad for three
matches against England and
the World T20 last September
on the back of his form for
IPL side Kolkata Knight Riders
and because of his desire to
win an ICC trophy.
He showed promise with
an unbeaten 48 against Eng-
land but he scored only 24
runs in the tournament itself.
His contribution with the ball
was more notable with a
career-best four for 15 against
Zimbabwe and a wicket in
three of the four other match-
es South Africa played,
although that did not change
their fortunes. They crashed
out after the Super Eights
round.
Kallis was also due to be
part of the squad that played
in June s Champions Trophy
but he pulled out at the last
minute, throwing South
Africa s plans into disarray.
Two days before the squad
was announced, South
Africa s convenor of selectors
Andrew Hudson confirmed
Kallis was part of the plans.
He was, at that stage, unaware
of Kallis s 11th hour withdraw-
al because of "personal rea-
sons." That decision was com-
municated only to Kirsten and
not the selection panel, until
much later, who then included
David Miller instead.
South Africa were also
without Graeme Smith for the
tournament, because of injury,
and their lack of experience
showed. They exited the com-
petition at the semi-final stage
after a batting collapse which
left Kirsten so shell-shocked
he said they "choked" even
when it was clear they were
simply outplayed. Domingo
does not want to find himself
in the same boat.
Instead, he wants a certain
group of "about 15 to 18 play-
ers" who he will work with
ahead of the 2015 World Cup
and said he has a "pretty
good" idea of who those are.
All indications are that the
current squad will form the
core of Domingo s base. If
Kallis wants to be part of that,
he will have to begin playing
regular one-day cricket soon.
Domingo confirmed he has a
timeframe in mind and he will
let Kallis know when that is.
Itmaynotbeassoonas
the five-match ODI series
against Pakistan in October
and November, but it could
well be in the home summer
when South Africa will play
limited-overs cricket against
both India and Australia.
South Africa are also sched-
uled to travel to Zimbabwe
and Australia next year and
host West Indies before the
2015 World Cup and it is likely
Domingo would want Kallis
to feature in majority of those
matches if he hopes to play
in the main event.
Should Kallis not agree,
Domingo does not seem too
phased. "As a South African
unit, we ve got to be able to
live without Jacques Kallis,"
he said. "We ve had him
around for so long but we ve
got to realise there will be a
day when he will no longer
be around."
Already, Kallis has not been
part of the limited-overs
squads and even his partic-
ipation in Tests has been
hampered by fitness concerns.
He has been out of action
since this year s IPL and has
had the better part of six
months form his various con-
cerns. Kallis is expected to be
back for the two-Test series
against Pakistan in the UAE
in October.
Kallis may have to decide on ODI future soon
Jacques Kallis